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PTSD Iraqi War Vet USMC Schooling

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My name is Zachary Boss. I was stationed in Camp Lejeune with 5th Battalion 10th Marines for 6 years of military service until I was medically retired for severe PTSD from Operation Iraqi Freedom. I was deployed as a Chaplains Assistant for a Navy Priest and was on the road 95% of the time I was overseas. Being that I was a priests assistant / bodyguard more or less I had been a target from the Muslims more than anyone else. I was attacked at least 1 time a day if not more. I was in multiple humvee attacks and IED explosions. I saw one too many deaths and attended way too many last rights and was eventually medically retired from the Marine Corp with full disability for both knees and 100% PTSD. I have since become a father of two boys and a husband to a beautiful woman. I use the VA for medical expenses and recently started using my Post 9-11 GiBill. I am unable to walk properly or hold any sort of civilized conversation which leads to be being nearly unhireable in my field of RF Communications and Electronic Technician. I have been let go from a half dozen jobs for my inability to communicate or lift objects. My financial situation is very dire and I am running out of time to have a roof over my head and still have a little pride before going to the VA and getting homeless assistance. I have the GI Bill BAH coming next month and that will help but my family and I are stressed to death over finances and we have asked everyone family related or community related. We have been through the gambit of services the VA offers and our benefit restrictions are drying up fast.

I ask for help mainly for rent and utilities for a month to keep my family where it is and not loose everything before my GI Bill comes into effect. I am a very honest and trustworthy individual who has never been arrested or even seen the back of a cop car. I have a extremely clean background and a honorable discharge with multiple awards and ribbons for valor. I am hoping kind people can lend my family in a time of need when I need it the most. Thank you for reading if you made it this far and my two boys Caiden (4) and Calvin (2) would thank you as well if they could grasp what is going on.
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    • 9 yrs
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Zachary Boss
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Johnstown, OH

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